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Community Question is a category inspired by you. Here and there readers write in with questions that are better served by the varied, experiential knowledge of those who read and contribute in the comments. Please respond to this post in the comments, but if you have a question for the [...] Keep Reading

This year as I pulled out the Christmas decorations to light up our little lake house, I came across a basket of Christmas themed children’s books we always placed beneath the Christmas tree when the kids were younger. Some of the books are older and more worn than others because we [...] Keep Reading

A few weeks ago I was gifted a copy of Dave Crawley’s Reading, Rhyming, and ‘Rithmetic, a book of twenty school-related poems. It sat next to my computer for less than 24 hours before Kenny, who regularly scans my desk for new arrivals, confiscated it one evening for his late [...] Keep Reading

Summer is here, squelching our desire to be outdoors with the high humidity and mid-afternoon temperatures in the 90s. Our routine of withdrawing to the cool embrace of air-conditioning is already in place by the lunch hour, and when we do, we each find our favorite place to settle in for [...] Keep Reading

Back in October, I wrote about how Emelie and Kenny decided to line draw and watercolor human organs. Reading through the comments on that particular post, I ended up clicking through to a blog named waddlee-ah-chaa to check out a book recommendation by Jeannine. Though I missed her [...] Keep Reading

Before the start of this school year, the readers here at Pioneer Woman’s Homeschooling blog responded in droves to my request for American History readers for 5th grade and up. In case you didn’t catch that post, the final list of all of the books discovered from my own [...] Keep Reading

Community Question is a category inspired by you. Here and there readers write in with questions that are better served by the varied, experiential knowledge of those who read and contribute in the comments. [...] Keep Reading

I like educational children’s kits. When my kids were younger–I’m thinking particularly about when my oldest, Emelie, was in Pre-K, I would comb the shelves in the children’s section of the nearest bookstore for those fun little book/activity kits. Usually they came [...] Keep Reading

The two winners of “Rightfully Ours: How Women Won the Vote, 21 Activities” are: #57 Jennifer: “We took the kids to see Obama speak this weekend. It was a hassle to get there, but hopefully it will be a memorable experience for them. What they really want is to see a [...] Keep Reading

Your Suggested Books and Additional Resources First, I want to thank all of you for your time and contributions to the 5th grade level American History Readers (Native Americans through the 1850′s) list I was compiling in my last post. I read every single comment and used your [...] Keep Reading

By the end of June I typically have the courses and curriculum planned, ordered and ready to go for the upcoming homeschool year. That said, I still keep an eye and ear out for quality items to supplement our coursework, tuck away for future years, and/or recommend to friends and here on [...] Keep Reading

By Kristen Chase. As much as I love technology and support its use for kids, especially my own, there’s just nothing like a real book. I realized this when I experienced a wave of nostalgia this past week as I spent them cleaning out my mom’s house while she recovered from open [...] Keep Reading

My nine-year-old Kenny moves through areas of interest sloooooowly and methodically. In the past three years he has transitioned from the rainforest and insects, on to dinosaurs, and most recently, human anatomy. When we were in the process of our annual clean sweep we came across [...] Keep Reading

By Kristen Chase. My family is a big fan of the iPad, a gadget I purchased when it first came out for my work as co-publisher of Cool Mom Tech, but one that has now become a fixture in our household tech consumption, especially as homeschoolers. So as you might guess, I get a lot of [...] Keep Reading

With publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets preparing to celebrate National Poetry Month in April, I am excited to introduce author and illustrator Barbara Vance’s Suzie Bitner was afraid of the Drain, the newest book of poems in our [...] Keep Reading

When studying American History it is easy to morph into the doldrum of simply reading and memorizing names, battles, organizations, treaties, dates, timelines, and more and more facts, which is why I strongly recommend the children’s book John, Paul, George & Ben for a bit of [...] Keep Reading

By Kristen Chase. Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Seuss Geisel, might just be one of our family’s favorite children’s book authors. In honor of his birthday on Friday, I rounded up 7 ways that you and your own family can celebrate this amazing author. But before I give you my [...] Keep Reading

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Charlie has a brand new children's book out, and it's all about the day a new calf comes into the world! She sleeps in Charlie's bed, hogs all the attention...and hilarity ensues. Hope you and your kiddos enjoy the book!